Tcl Meetup 2022-07-12 Topics * TIP 430 / zipfs - spec/design issues, implementation vs spec, impl. issues, ... ** zipfs use cases *** Tcl and Tk initialisation *** applications code and data in a single file (i.e. starkits) *** stand-alone application executables (i.e. starkit + tcl = starpack) *** extensions / packages (e.g. a tcllib starkit) ** discussion on role of zipfs in Tcl library initialisation vs application initialisation? *** should we be considering xvfs for Tcl library initialisation and zipkits for applications? ** problems with implementation *** "zipfs tcl_library" doesn't appear to be implemented *** adding a main.tcl seems leads to a message "application-specific initialization failed: Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following directories: ..." ** problems with documentation *** where is it documented that "configure --disable-shared" creates a single file executable? *** need better instructions and examples for creating zipkits ** zipfs commands for supporting zipkit generation e.g. Jan's suggested "zipfs mkimg" adaption such that if the exe already has a zip-file attached, it will just add the new entries with the existing ones. * tcllib - how can we make it more visible? ** reference range command discussion vs tcllib generator ** lots of good stuff, often invisible ** distribute with core or via core download page - zipkit? ** all or curated modules? not everything is generally useful but much is - e.g. math, set, etc * [tcc4tcl] upgrade [https://github.com/tcllab/tcc4tcl] current status of 430? * mostly works (except for running a zipfile) * documentation could be improved ** user docs vs TIP .. need to reconcile * clarify ** is zipfs command available when tclsh built with --enable-zipfs disabled ** can non-zipfs tclsh run application zip